Hay-sling.



O. L. HULSTEDT.

HAY SLING.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.28, 1914.

Patented June 8, 19151 THE NORRIS PEI'ERS m" PHOID-LITHll. WASHINGTON,D. C.

orrs L. nuns'rnnr, or ONEIDA, ILLINOIS.

HAY-SLING.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Orrs L. HULsTEDT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Oneida, in the county of Knox and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain'new and useful Improvements in Hay-Slings, of which andstraw from a rack supported and conveyed about by a vehicle. I

Another object of the present invention is the provision of a hav slingof the above I character which will possess advantages in points ofefficiency and durability, is inex pensive to manufacture and, at thesametime, is simple in construction andoperation.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consistsin thenovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts aswill be hereinafterreferred to andmore particularly pointed out in thespecification and claim.-

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this application, Figure 1is a side elevation of a hay sling constructed in accordance with myinvention. vFig. 2 is an edge elevation, parts being broken away andshown in section; and Fig. 3 is atop plan view of the sling member.

In carrying out my invention, the numeral 1 indicates the body of thehaysling which, as shown, is of an inverted'V-shape form' and consistsof a central post 2 upon the upperend of which is mounted an eye 3,

the purpose of which will be hereinafter more fully set forth. Arrangedupon oppo site sides of the post 2 and having their central portionssecured thereto, are the spaced parallel bars 4, which extenddivergently from the post to form the V-shaped body.

- The bars 4 are each provided with an in wardly extending arm 5 at theouter ends thereof and mounted for pivotal movement between these armsand the bars 4, are the movable arms 6, said movable arms being pivotedbetween the inner ends of the arms 5, as shown at 7 and are adapted tomove upwardly between the bars 4. In order to limit the'downwardswinging movement of Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jung8,1915 Application filedDecember 28, 191A; Serial No. 879,361. r i

the arms 6, I provide cross pieces 8 which extend transversely acrossthe "lower edges of the arms 5 and upon which the movable arms 6 rest.

The outer'ends of the movable arms 6 are each provided with an eye 9 andsecured therein are the cords 10, one'cord extending from the outer endof one of the arms 6 upwardly and through an opening in the inner end ofthe post2, thence downwardly to anydesired distance. Securedto theopposite arm '6, extending upwardly and passing through the bars 4, is asecond cord 10, the inner end of which is passed through an eye bolt 11at the inner endof the post 2, thence extended downwardly with the cord10,; the desired 1 distance. The hav sling consists oftwo parallelflexible. side members 12, suitably 7 connected at their medial portionsby means of. the transverse portions 13. .The ends of the'side portions12, at one end ofthe sling, are connected with a loop 14, while each ofthe side portions are provided at their other ends with loops 15. V

It will be understood that the body of the hay sling is suspended fromany desired form of carrier and, when it is desired to dump a load ofhay;or straw, within the sling, the body of the sling is lowered untilthe loops 14 and .15 are engaged over the arms 5, it being understoodthat the movable arms 6 are first arranged in a horizontal 7 position sothat the inner ends thereof will be parallel with the arms 5, wherebythe loops be readily apparent from the foregoing that the loop 15 or theloop 14 can be readily re moved from the arms 5 by upward swingingmovement of the movable arms 6. The loops 14 and 15 are released fromthe arms 5 by pulling downwardly upon either end of the cords which areconnected to the movable arms 6, so that the arms 6 will bemovedupwardly, the inner edges of the arms forcing the loops from the arms 5so that the sling and the contents thereof maydrop wherever desired.Should itbe desired to release only one end of the sling and dump thecontents thereof, the rope 10"W1ll be actuated to move one of the arms 6upwardly and disengage both of the ropes 15. Then,

should it be desired to release the other end r may readily engage overthe arms 5. It will,

portion is arranged upon a hay rack and, after the hay or straw has beenpiled thereon, the ends of the sling are brought upwardly upon the topoi the load of hay, so that when it is desired to remove the hay fromthe racks, the loops 1% and 15 Will be moved over the arms 5 of the bodyof the sling, whereby the straw or hay may be readily removed from therack and conveyed to any desired place.

It will be understood that the loop 3 will be connected to a block andtackle which is mounted upon any suitable form of carrier, so that afterthe loops 1% and 15 have been clamped with the arms 5, the sling may beraised together with its contents and con veyed wherever desired bymeans of the carrier. lit will also be apparent that I have provided asimple and durable hay sling of the character described which can bemanufactured and placed upon the market at a comparatively low cost.

"While I have shown and described the preferred form of my invention, itwill be obvious that various changes in the details of construction andin the proportions may be resorted to for successfully carrying myinvention into practice, Without sacrificing any of the novel featuresor departing from the scope ofthe invention, as defined by the appendedclaim.

Having thus described this invention,

what I desire to claim and secure by Letters ing arms adjacent theirterminals and ar ranged to move between the ii-shaped mem bers, meansadapted to limit the downward movement of the levers, a sling memberhaving its ends mounted upon the inwardly extending arms, flexible meansconnected to the outer ends of the levers to actuate either of thelevers independent of the other to release either end of the sling.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiiiX my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses. QTIS L. HULSTE T, Witnesses:

ANNA ANDERSON, W. D. PATTY.

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' Washington, ID. (3.

